A Pajama Mama

It's been a busy day! Our homeschool group spent the day at Westville, an 1850 village. We enjoyed everything from fresh gingerbread to candle dipping, cane grinding, and blacksmithing. We got home at 5pm, threw on some dress-up garb and visited my cousin's house.. Then...the highlight of the day. We picked up JellyBean and drove 30 minutes to visit this perfectly beautiful brand new bundle of joy. Isn't he a perfect angel? Mommy (over at HappyHome ) and baby are doing great. I got to change his little diaper and put on his little yellow ducky gown. I felt like sending the daddy on home and staying with my sweet friend so I could hold the baby all night long! He is a perfect, content, sweet little doll! After a hot bath, I'm calling it a day. A very long but glorious day. Nothing like the miracle of a new baby to remind us of how Great our God is.

We celebrated My Hero's birthday in the beautiful North Georgia mountains with family. It was great fun, beautiful weather and gorgeous Fall colors. (Numero Uno. Actually we let him win at Phase 10...right KayKay and Rayray?)

Do you, surfer girl? Surfer girl, my little surfer girl... Once we finished our new master suite, we started on Rayray's beachy room. She loves it and we are so thrilled for her to finally have space of her own.

Assignment: Tell us all about how your have “your” relaxing time, more especially how during the cooler months you take time to curl up with your favorite movie, book, Bible study, and what your favorite warm drink would be. Share a picture of your favorite spot in the house or your favorite warm beverage, your favorite movie or book; possibly even your favorite Bible Study or maybe your women’s Bible group . Since it doesn't get unbearably cool in the mornings or evenings here in the Fall, I love to sit in my chair on my porch with a nice hot cup of coffee in my comfy pj's. But since we've finished our new master bedroom "suite", my new favorite spot to relax and unwind is in my new deep-soaking bathtub. I blogged about my recent first long soaking bath in my new bathtub here . Candlelight, ipod playing relaxing music, luxurious bath bomb and a good book....together with a tub full of hot water equals total relaxation. What are the PajamaMama's bathtub books...

Intro: M’m M’m Good (Campbell’s Soup)The fall is such a wonderful time of year. The beautiful foliage and cool, crisp morning air is such a wonderful change from the hot summer. I also love the M’m M’m good smell of fall cooking and baking. The wonderful fall veggies, fruits and Thanksgiving foods. Assignment: Post your favorite fall recipe/recipes to share. There's no doubt about it! Fall not only brings cooler temps (if you call 85 cooler) but its own array of autumn flavors. My daddy's boiled peanuts are at the tippity top of the list of my favorite Fall foods. Anything with apples from North Georgia is on my list...and don't forget that first pot of chili! My Hero loves buffalo wings....And I love a good hot cheesy dip. Every fall, I make this Buffalo Chicken Dip in my crockpot and we dig in with Fritos scoops, Ritz or Tostitos. As a matter of fact, we're past due for a batch! Enjoy! Buffalo Chicken Dip 2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained 2 (8 ounce) packages c...

"Ok! Now, you can erase the chalkboard," I said as we finished AppleDumplin's math work this morning. "That's ok, you can do it," she replied. "I'm too tired." Now, we're talking about a small chalkboard here that might have taken 3 swipes with an eraser. And she's just so tired from expending so much mental energy learning 3+2 and counting to 100. I said, "When I was a teacher at school, the kids in my class would beg for a turn to erase the board! It was a privilege...." She turned to me with eyes wide and a shocked look on her face and said, "You used to be a REAL teacher?!?!?!?!" So.....I guess that makes me a FAKE teacher now, huh?

Me, The Twins, and Sweet Cousin My precious Aunt Ro is in town this week....Sweet Cousin called today to see if I could slip away from our normal homeschooling routine and join them and Mama for lunch at a local bistro. I guess so...if you insist.....just when I was looking forward to my noodles in a cup. heehee. After a delicious salad, we walked around some of the downtown quaint shops...something I rarely actually get to do! I found Karen Kingsbury's last installment of the Baxter family at The Bookstore and reluctantly bought it. (I say reluctantly because I don't want the Baxter series to end...but that's a whole-nother post for a whole-nother day. ) Anyway, my midday excursion was a nice diversion.